west-southwest

See also: west southwest and west-south-west

English

West-southwest.

Alternative forms

• west southwest, west-south-west
• WSW (abbreviation)

Noun

west-southwest (uncountable)

1. The compass point halfway between southwest and west; specifically at a bearing of 247.5°.

   Antonym: east-northeast

Translations

compass point

• Danish: vestsydvest
• Finnish: länsilounas
• French: ouest-sud-ouest (fr) m
• Galician: oeste-suroeste m
• Greek: δυτικά-νοτιοδυτικά n pl (dytiká-notiodytiká)
• Hungarian: nyugat-délnyugat (hu)
• Japanese: 西南西 (ja) (seinansei)
• Malay: barat barat daya
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vest-sørvest

  Nynorsk: vest-sørvest

• Portuguese: oés-sudoeste m
• Spanish: oesuroeste (es)
• Swedish: västsydväst (sv)

Adjective

west-southwest (not comparable)

1. Of, in or pertaining to the west-southwest; west-southwestern.
2. Situated toward or in the direction of the west-southwest; west-southwestward; west-southwesterly.

   A west-southwest course.

3. Coming from the west-southwest; west-southwesterly.

   A west-southwest wind.

Translations

west-southwestern — see west-southwestern

west-southwestward — see west-southwestward

west-southwesterly — see west-southwesterly

Adverb

west-southwest (not comparable)

1. Towards or in the direction of the west-southwest; west-southwestwards.

   We are travelling west-southwest at the moment.

Translations

west-southwestward — see west-southwestward